Get ready for Kelly Lundy to become part of lexicon

FILE - In this Feb. 27, 1999, file photo, Suzy Hamilton reacts after winning the women's 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:13.96 at the USA Championships athletics meet in Atlanta. he three-time Olympian has admitted leading a double life as an escort. She apologized Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, after a report by The Smoking Gun website said she had been working as a prostitute in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 27, 1999, file photo, Suzy Hamilton reacts after winning the women's 1,500 meter run with a time of 4:13.96 at the USA Championships athletics meet in Atlanta. he three-time Olympian has admitted leading a double life as an escort. She apologized Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, after a report by The Smoking Gun website said she had been working as a prostitute in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
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Three-time Olympian Suzy Favor Hamilton says she coped with depression and a troubled marriage by turning to a life of prostitution.

In a series of posts to her Twitter account, Favor Hamilton acknowledged working as an escort following a report Thursday on The Smoking Gun website about her double life.

“I do not expect people to understand,” Favor Hamilton tweeted. “But the reasons for doing this made sense to me at the time and were very much related to depression.”

The Smoking Gun said the 44-year-old athlete has been working for the last year for a Las Vegas escort service that booked her for dates there, as well as in Los Angeles, Houston and Chicago. The website said she charged $600 an hour for her services.

One of the country’s best-ever middle-distance runners, Favor Hamilton competed for the U.S. at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000 but did not win a medal. She won seven U.S. national titles. She lives in Madison, Wis., where, The Smoking Gun reported, she and her husband, Mark, live in a $600,000 home and appear to be in no financial distress based on the website’s review of court and municipal records.

Favor Hamilton told the website that only her husband was aware of her escort work, but that, “He tried, he tried to get me to stop. He wasn’t supportive of this at all.”

The website reported that Favor Hamilton worked under the alias “Kelly Lundy” but said she told some of her clients about her true identity and suspected one of them leaked her identity.

Trivia time

BYU was in town Thursday for the Poinsettia Bowl. Which former Cougars quarterback holds the Holiday Bowl record for most yards passing?

Fan appreciation

The Spanish soccer team Real Sociedad has a message for its fans: We’ve got you close to our hearts.

The team said it will honor its fans by putting the names of club members on players’ jerseys instead of a sponsor, according to The Associated Press.

The names of club members are chosen at random. A group of 22 already were picked for a television commercial, and the names of another 22 were chosen to appear on the fronts of the jerseys for Thursday’s Spanish league game against visiting Sevilla, a 2-1 win for the hosts.

Time for forgiveness?

No merry holiday wishes being exchanged between Seahawks coach Pete Carroll and his 49ers counterpart, Jim Harbaugh, this week, reports The Associated Press.

Whether they can keep the peace Sunday night, time will tell. These two are longtime coaching rivals, starting in the college ranks of the Pac-10 and now on to the NFL.

Harbaugh and his 49ers (10-3-1) have won all three head-to-head matchups with Carroll since Harbaugh was hired away from Stanford in January 2011. San Francisco plays at Seattle (9-5) on Sunday night.

“I don’t remember getting any cards from him at the holidays,” Harbaugh offered.

When word reached Carroll in the Pacific Northwest, he playfully went along with the good-natured fun.